Strange and unsure about this one guys...

[ace2109]

I am in the process of selling my car and i put it in the autotrader for 2 weeks and then 3 weeks online.

I have received an email from a guy from spain who wants to buy the car. I have it up for sale for £8500. He wants to give me the full asking price plus another £200 to secure the car. He wants to pay either by cheque or bankers draft, only he wants to give me £12000 (yea thats right £3300 more).

He has asked me then to pay the remaining to the people who will be shipping the car over to him?

I am a little unsure about this what do you guys think?

ace

 

[ace2109]

I am selling a ford focus.

I am just of the phone with my bank and they say that if i recieve a bankers draft the money clears into my account straight away.

Another thing just popped into my head what if it is something to do with money laundering or something i know it sounds stupid but it could happen

 

[ace2109]

emailed back saying i sold the car to a relative.

another thing that i would advise against. I put my car in the autotrader and for the two weeks it was in i got loads of phone calls from people looking me to give them more money for them to help me sell my car.

UK fast car sales was one i said no straight of but got drawn into another one because they told me they had 5 buyers waiting and i would get my money back once the car had sold. I phoned them a week later informing them that no one had contacted me. I asked about a refund and they said they didnt do refunds and i also said about the thing that when the car sells i get my money back and they said they didnt do that either.

I was raging so i asked to speak to a manager and she said she was the customer service manager, only to go on and say that managers dont take or make phone calls. I said to her "didnt you just tell me you where the customer service manager" she didnt know what to say and then the phone went dead.

I have not phoned them back yet but when i do all hell will break loose.

 

[ace2109]

Walk away mate

just did mate thanks for all your replies, i could feel myself getting pulled in. Would have loved to have sold it for that amount looks like it is going back to ford then for a bit less.